A pricing strategy in which a product's price is actively dependant upon its demand. This method of pricing allows companies to take advantage of highly…

A term used to describe the rate at which money is exchanged from one transaction to another. Velocity is important for measuring the rate at which money…

A stock index that tracks the 30 largest companies with the most heavily-traded stocks on the Nordic stock exchanges. VINX 30 is denominated in euros…

A trade restriction on the quantity of a good that an exporting country is allowed to export to another country. This limit is self-imposed by the exporting…

A slanderous term used by George H. W. Bush in reference to President Ronald Reagan's economic policies, which came to be known as "Reaganomics".  Before…

An economic cycle of recession and recovery that resembles a "W" in charting. A W-shaped recovery represents the shape of the chart of certain economic…

A macroeconomic theory to explain the cause-and-effect relationship between rising wages and rising prices, or inflation. The wage-price sprial suggests…

A situation where the U.S. dollar's value is decreasing relative to one or a basket of foreign currencies. Essentially, a weak dollar means that a U.S…

A measure of the value of all of the assets of worth owned by a person, community, company or country. Wealth is the found by taking the total market…

A term used to describe companies, applications and services on the Internet that have transitioned from the old "Web 1.0" structure. Web 2.0, in general…

A government program which provides financial aid to individuals or groups who cannot support themselves. Welfare programs are funded by taxpayers and…

A branch of economics that focuses on the optimal allocation of resources and goods and how this affects social welfare. Welfare economics analyzes the…

An index that measures and tracks the changes in price of goods in the stages before the retail level. Wholesale price indexes (WPIs) report monthly to…

An economic indicator that measures the value in U.S. dollars of all merchant wholesalers' sales and inventories. Wholesale trade is one component of…

A type of sustainable competitive advantage that a business possesses that makes it difficult for rivals to wear down its market share and profit. The…

A tax levied by governments against certain industries when economic conditions allow those industries to experience above-average profits. Windfall taxes…

The total population in a region, within a set range of ages, that is considered to be able and likely to work. The working-age population measure is…

A discussion forum for discussing the major issues concerning the world. Some of the areas covered are political, economical, social and environmental…

A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that contains analysis and projections of the integral elements of the IMF's surveillance of economic…

An international standards organization based in Paris that was developed to handle business policy issues that affect the various world stock exchanges…

An international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably…

The risk of experiencing an adverse shift in market interest rates associated with investing in a fixed income instrument. The risk is associated with…